Solomon by means of his wives falleth into idolatry: God raiseth him adversaries, Adad, Razon, and Jeroboam: Solomon dieth.

 1 And king Solomon loved many strange women besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites:
Rex autem Salomon adamavit mulieres alienigenas multas, filiam quoque Pharaonis, et Moabitidas, et Ammonitidas, Idumaeas, et Sidonias, et Hethaeas :

 2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come in to yours: for they will most certainly turn away your heart to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.
de gentibus, super quibus dixit Dominus filiis Israel : Non ingrediemini ad eas, neque de illis ingredientur ad vestras : certissime enim avertent corda vestra ut sequamini deos earum. His itaque copulatus est Salomon ardentissimo amore.

 3 And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.
Fueruntque ei uxores quasi reginae septingentae, et concubinae trecentae : et averterunt mulieres cor ejus.

 4 And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Cumque jam esset senex, depravatum est cor ejus per mulieres, ut sequeretur deos alienos : nec erat cor ejus perfectum cum Domino Deo suo, sicut cor David patris ejus.

 5 But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of the ammonites.
Sed colebat Salomon Astarthen deam Sidoniorum, et Moloch idolum Ammonitarum.

 6 And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father.
Fecitque Salomon quod non placuerat coram Domino, et non adimplevit ut sequeretur Dominum sicut David pater ejus.

 7 Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon.
Tunc aedificavit Salomon fanum Chamos, idolo Moab, in monte qui est contra Jerusalem, et Moloch idolo filiorum Ammon.

 8 And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.
Atque in hunc modum fecit universis uxoribus suis alienigenis, quae adolebant thura, et immolabant diis suis.

 9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his mind was turned away from the Lord the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
Igitur iratus est Dominus Salomoni, quod aversa esset mens ejus a Domino Deo Israel, qui apparuerat ei secundo,

 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not follow strange gods: but he kept not the things which the Lord commanded him.
et praeceperat de verbo hoc ne sequeretur deos alienos, et non custodivit quae mandavit ei Dominus.

 11 The Lord therefore said to Solomon: Because thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant, and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I will divide and rend thy kingdom, and will give it to thy servant.
Dixit itaque Dominus Salomoni : Quia habuisti hoc apud te, et non custodisti pactum meum, et praecepta mea, quae mandavi tibi, dirumpens scindam regnum tuum, et dabo illud servo tuo.

 12 Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Verumtamen in diebus tuis non faciam propter David patrem tuum : de manu filii tui scindam illud,

 13 Neither will I take away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son for the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which I have chosen.
nec totum regnum auferam, sed tribum unam dabo filio tuo propter David servum meum, et Jerusalem quam elegi.

 14 And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in Edom.
Suscitavit autem Dominus adversarium Salomoni Adad Idumaeum de semine regio, qui erat in Edom.

 15 For when David was in Edom, and Joab the general of the army was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had killed every male in Edom,
Cum enim esset David in Idumaea, et ascendisset Joab princeps militiae ad sepeliendum eos qui fuerant interfecti, et occidisset omnem masculinum in Idumaea

 16 (For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)
( sex enim mensibus ibi moratus est Joad, et omnis Israel, donec interimeret omne masculinum in Idumaea),

 17 Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites, of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.
fugit Adad ipse, et viri Idumaei de servis patris ejus cum eo, ut ingrederetur Aegyptum : erat autem Adad puer parvulus.

 18 And they arose out of Madian, and came into Pharan, and they took men with them from Pharan, and went into Egypt to Pharao the king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and assigned him land.
Cumque surrexissent de Madian, venerunt in Pharan, tuleruntque secum viros de Pharan, et introierunt Aegyptum ad Pharaonem regem Aegypti : qui dedit ei domum, et cibos constituit, et terram delegavit.

 19 And Adad found great favour before Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife, the own sister of his wife Taphnes the queen.
Et invenit Adad gratiam coram Pharaone valde, in tantum ut daret ei uxorem, sororem uxoris suae germanam Taphnes reginae.

 20 And the sister of Taphnes bore him his son Genubath, and Taphnes brought him up in the house of Pharao: and Genubath dwelt with Pharao among his children.
Genuitque ei soror Taphnes Genubath filium, et nutrivit eum Taphnes in domo Pharaonis : eratque Genubath habitans apud Pharaonem cum filiis ejus.

 21 And when Adad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the general of the army was dead, he said to Pharao: Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
Cumque audisset Adad in Aegypto dormisse David cum patribus suis, et mortuum esse Joab principem militiae, dixit Pharaoni : Dimitte me, ut vadam in terram meam.

 22 And Pharao said to him: Why, what is wanting to thee with me, that thou seekest to go to thy own country? But he answered: Nothing: yet I beseech thee to let me go.
Dixitque ei Pharao : Qua enim re apud me indiges, ut quaeras ire ad terram tuam? At ille respondit : Nulla : sed obsecro te ut dimittas me.

 23 God also raised up against him an adversary, Razon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Adarezer the king of Soba:
Suscitavit quoque ei Deus adversarium Razon filium Eliada, qui fugerat Adarezer regem Soba dominum suum :

 24 And he gathered men against him, and he became a captain of robbers, when David slew them of Soba: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damascus.
et congregavit contra eum viros, et factus est princeps latronum cum interficeret eos David : abieruntque Damascum, et habitaverunt ibi, et constituerunt eum regem in Damasco,

 25 And he was an adversary to Israel, all the days of Solomon: and this is the evil of Adad, and his hatred against Israel, and he reigned in Syria.
eratque adversarius Israeli cunctis diebus Salomonis : et hoc est malum Adad, et odium contra Israel, regnavitque in Syria.

 26 Jeroboam also the son of Nabat an Ephrathite of Sareda, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand against the king.
Jeroboam quoque filius Nabat, Ephrathaeus, de Sareda, servus Salomonis, cujus mater erat nomine Sarva, mulier vidua, levavit manum contra regem.

 27 And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.
Et haec est causa rebellionis adversus eum, quia Salomon aedificavit Mello, et coaequavit voraginem civitatis David patris sui.

 28 And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.
Erat autem Jeroboam vir fortis et potens : vidensque Salomon adolescentem bonae indolis et industrium, constituerat eum praefectum super tributa universae domus Joseph.

 29 So it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the field.
Factum est igitur in tempore illo, ut Jeroboam egrederetur de Jerusalem, et inveniret eum Ahias Silonites propheta in via, opertus pallio novo : erant autem duo tantum in agro.

 30 And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:
Apprehendensque Ahias pallium suum novum, quo coopertus erat, scidit in duodecim partes.

 31 And he said to Jeroboam: Take to thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
Et ait ad Jeroboam : Tolle tibi decem scissuras : haec enim dicit Dominus Deus Israel : Ecce ego scindam regnum de manu Salomonis, et dabo tibi decem tribus.

 32 But one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:
Porro una tribus remanebit ei propter servum meum David, et Jerusalem civitatem, quam elegi ex omnibus tribubus Israel :

 33 Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos the god of Moab, and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and to keep my precepts, and judgments as did David his father.
eo quod dereliquerit me, et adoraverit Astarthen deam Sidoniorum, et Chamos deum Moab, et Moloch deum filiorum Ammon : et non ambulaverit in viis meis, ut faceret justitiam coram me, et praecepta mea et judicia sicut David pater ejus.

 34 Yet I will not take away all the kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.
Nec auferam omne regnum de manu ejus, sed ducem ponam eum cunctis diebus vitae suae, propter David servum meum, quem elegi, qui custodivit mandata mea et praecepta mea.

 35 But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give thee ten tribes:
Auferam autem regnum de manu filii ejus, et dabo tibi decem tribus :

 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.
filio autem ejus dabo tribum unam, ut remaneat lucerna David servo meo cunctis diebus coram me in Jerusalem civitate, quam elegi ut esset nomen meum ibi.

 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.
Te autem assumam, et regnabis super omnia quae desiderat anima tua, erisque rex super Israel.

 38 If then thou wilt hearken to all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right before me, keeping my commandments and my precepts, as David my servant did: I will be with thee, and will build thee up a faithful house, as I built a house for David, and I will deliver Israel to thee:
Si igitur audieris omnia quae praecepero tibi, et ambulaveris in viis meis, et feceris quod rectum est coram me, custodiens mandata mea et praecepta mea, sicut fecit David servus meus : ero tecum, et aedificabo tibi domum fidelem, quomodo aedificavi David domum, et tradam tibi Israel :

 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.
et affligam semen David super hoc, verumtamen non cunctis diebus.

 40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam: but he arose, and fled into Egypt to Sesac the king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.
Voluit ergo Salomon interficere Jeroboam : qui surrexit, et aufugit in Aegyptum ad Sesac regem Aegypti, et fuit in Aegypto usque ad mortem Salomonis.

 41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom: behold they are all written in the book of the words of the days of Solomon.
Reliquum autem verborum Salomonis, et omnia quae fecit, et sapientia ejus : ecce universa scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum Salomonis.

 42 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.
Dies autem, quos regnavit Salomon in Jerusalem super omnem Israel, quadraginta anni sunt.

 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
Dormivitque Salomon cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in civitate David patris sui, regnavitque Roboam filius ejus pro eo.